GREEN’S NURSERY COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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Green s Nursery Co.: Four years ago I purchased from you about 1700 
fruit trees, all of which proved Ai trees and 99% grew. R. A. Stacffkii 
A thens, Pa., July 15, 191S. 
Hardy Catalpa. (Speciosa.) One of the most showy 
—------* flowering trees and is noted for its 
rapid and vigorous growth. Its foliage is heartshaped and 
downy. Its flowers are compound panicles, almost pure 
white, but tinged with violet and dotted with purple and 
yellow. It is highly ornamental and useful. Its timber is 
highly prized for fence posts, railroad ties, etc., possessing 
marvelous durability. The catalpa tree can be made com¬ 
pact in its growth of head by shearing bade the ends of the 
branches each year, a process which we advise with many 
kinds of ornamental trees and particularly with ornamental 
shrubs. 
Prof. Hussman, of the Missouri State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, described it as follows: “It looks like a production 
of the tropical zone, yet it seems to be entirely hardy, with 
its immense leaves, velvety brown when they first appear, 
and changing into dark green; followed by immense panicles 
of flowers, containing sometimes between three and four 
hundred buds and blossoms, contrasting finely with its dark 
massive foliage.” 
For that shade tree you are needing—why not order a Norway maple, one of the most beautiful and hardy of 
ornamental trees. 
Ilardy Catalpa 
^In driving around the city of Rochester, N. Y., on October 
27th, I found beautiful homes on which were planted hedge 
rows and clumps of dwarf barberry. My wife and I agreed 
that this is one of the most attractive shrubs known to man. 
Every leaf of the dwarf barberry was a bright, deep red, as 
beautiful as seen from the road as roses. We could scarcely 
persuade ourselves that these leaves of the barberry were 
not red flowers. Some of the dwarf barberry were planted 
in beds. Others were single plants which had broadened out 
wide and were objects of great beauty. But it was in the 
hedge rows of dwarf barberry that the greatest display was 
made. A single bush of dwarf barberry will brighten a large 
home lawn. Plant it as you would plant a bright red flower¬ 
ing bush unsurpassed by any other ornamental plant. Its 
deep red berries hold on all winter. 
Russi an Mulberry. Desirable for ornament and 
----— shade. A favorite on ac¬ 
count of its beautiful cut foliage and fruit A worthy tree for 
ornament. The berries have some medicinal properties. It is 
an abundant bearer and bears at an early age. The fruit 
ripens and falls off daily, often continuing to ripen and fall 
for three or four weeks. 
Poultry are very fond of the mulbeiry, and thrive on it. It 
is a well shaped and attractive tree -with attractive foliage. I 
advise every reader to have a few Russian mulberries grow¬ 
ing on his place, not only for its beauty and shade but for its 
fruit. Many people enjoy eating the fruit, and it may be 
made into pies and sauces where other berry fruit is scarce. 
One large mulberry tree will furnish, perhaps, ten bushels or 
more of mulberries, which cost absolutely nothing, since the 
tree itself is beautiful and furnishes an attractive shade. 
Of late years the hardy catalpa has attracted attention 
for the beauty of its blossoms and for its hardiness. It has 
a tendency towards wide spread of branches, which can be 
avoided by cutting back the leading top branches for a year 
or two of its early life. 
Russian Mulberry 
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